diff --git a/pkg/state/filter.go b/pkg/state/filter.go
index d1b2d8e17..381a01ffc 100644
--- a/pkg/state/filter.go
+++ b/pkg/state/filter.go
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ func filterOutDynamicAttributes(iface map[string]interface{}) {
 	delete(options, "hello-timer")
 }
 
-func filterOutInterfaces(ifaces []interface{}, interfacesFilterGlob glob.Glob) []interface{} {
+func filterOutInterfaces(ifaces []interface{}, ifacesNames []Interface, interfacesFilterGlob glob.Glob) []interface{} {
 	filteredInterfaces := []interface{}{}
-	for _, iface := range ifaces {
-		name := iface.(map[string]interface{})["name"]
-		if !interfacesFilterGlob.Match(name.(string)) {
+	for i, iface := range ifaces {
+		name := ifacesNames[i].Name
+		if !interfacesFilterGlob.Match(name) {
 			filterOutDynamicAttributes(iface.(map[string]interface{}))
 			filteredInterfaces = append(filteredInterfaces, iface)
 		}
@@ -92,7 +92,12 @@ func filterOut(currentState shared.State, interfacesFilterGlob glob.Glob) (share
 		return currentState, err
 	}
 
-	state.Interfaces = filterOutInterfaces(state.Interfaces, interfacesFilterGlob)
+	var ifacesState InterfacesState
+	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(currentState.Raw, &ifacesState); err != nil {
+		return currentState, err
+	}
+
+	state.Interfaces = filterOutInterfaces(state.Interfaces, ifacesState.Interfaces, interfacesFilterGlob)
 	if state.Routes != nil {
 		state.Routes.Running = filterOutRoutes(state.Routes.Running, interfacesFilterGlob)
 		state.Routes.Config = filterOutRoutes(state.Routes.Config, interfacesFilterGlob)
diff --git a/pkg/state/filter_test.go b/pkg/state/filter_test.go
index c87149ffe..0e2050578 100644
--- a/pkg/state/filter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/state/filter_test.go
@@ -331,4 +331,51 @@ interfaces:
 		})
 	})
 
+	Context("when the interfaces have (only) numeric characters", func() {
+		BeforeEach(func() {
+			state = nmstate.NewState(`
+interfaces:
+- name: eth0
+- name: 0
+- name: 1101010
+`)
+			filteredState = nmstate.NewState(`
+interfaces:
+- name: eth0
+- name: 1101010
+`)
+			interfacesFilterGlob = glob.MustCompile("0*")
+		})
+
+		It("should filter out interfaces correctly", func() {
+			returnedState, err := filterOut(state, interfacesFilterGlob)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(returnedState).To(MatchYAML(filteredState))
+		})
+	})
+
+	Context("when the interfaces have special numeric characters", func() {
+		BeforeEach(func() {
+			state = nmstate.NewState(`
+interfaces:
+- name: eth0
+- name: 0.0
+- name: 1.0
+- name: 0xfe
+`)
+			filteredState = nmstate.NewState(`
+interfaces:
+- name: eth0
+- name: 0
+- name: 254
+`)
+			interfacesFilterGlob = glob.MustCompile("1*")
+		})
+
+		It("should filter out interfaces correctly but they are not represented correctly", func() {
+			returnedState, err := filterOut(state, interfacesFilterGlob)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(returnedState).To(MatchYAML(filteredState))
+		})
+	})
 })
diff --git a/pkg/state/type.go b/pkg/state/type.go
index 76123795b..87b531438 100644
--- a/pkg/state/type.go
+++ b/pkg/state/type.go
@@ -9,3 +9,11 @@ type Routes struct {
 	Config  []interface{}	`json:"config"`
 	Running []interface{}	`json:"running"`
 }
+
+type InterfacesState struct {
+	Interfaces []Interface	`json:"interfaces"`
+}
+
+type Interface struct {
+	Name string `json:"name"`
+}